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TTO CATalyst Awards

Photo by Bob Baldner

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) announces the awarding of three CATalyst grants
to the following MSU researchers:

This marks the first year of the CATalyst program which has been designed to provide
critical gap funding to technologies being researched at MSU. A common problem throughout
research universities is a lack of "commercialization funds" that can provide key
resources to the further development of inventions that may have industry application.
Promising research is, oftentimes, stalled on its path to possible commercialization
due to a lack of these funds. In such cases, small amounts of capital available to
researchers to conduct industry relevant proof of concept or tests can be the difference
between commercialization or shelving of the technology. The TTO is excited to make
these three grants which cover different areas of research including aerospace, optics
and biotechnology. We expect to provide this opportunity again in the Fall of 2015.

2014 Economic Leadership Award

Dr. Becky Mahurin, Director Technology Transfer Office

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Dr. Becky Mahurin, Director of the Technology Transfer Office at Montana State University,
was honored with the 2014 Economic Leadership Award in recognition for her substantial
contributions to economic development throughout the state. In her 23 years as director,
she has created a nationally prominent university tech transfer program and MSU consistently
ranks in the top ten universities nationwide for licensing activity. Since 2003, the
Technology Transfer Office has executed approximately 198 licenses or options with
Montana companies or entrepreneurs and in the past 15 years MSU has spun out roughly
50 companies. Local examples of companies using licensed inventions include LigoCyte
Pharmaceuticals, now Takeda Vaccines Montana, Cleanwaste and Bridger Photonics. Becky
has also taken leadership roles over the years with organizations including the Montana
Science and Technology Alliance, the Montana BioScience Alliance, the Montana Biotechnology
Center at the University of Montana and the Prospera Board of Directors.

The Technology Transfer Office at MSU pursues three primary goals:

Establishing collaborations and working relationships between industry and each of
the research and creative areas of MSU. This includes providing unique testing and
evaluation services, pursuing industry sponsored research and collaborating on commercial
opportunities.

Licensing the inventions of MSU faculty and researchers to industry and managing the
relationship between the University and it's licensee partners.

Serving as the economic development arm of the University and working with Montana
companies and entrepreneurs to leverage the resources of MSU to the benefit of Montana's
economy

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